rsync will not rebuild your boot data however. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:56 PM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: > Hello Joe, if I was you I'd forget about 'Clonezilla' and go either rsync > or tar: > I'd boot with a CD (Debian live is perfect) and: > rsync -xaHDC --super /my/mounted/partition root@remotebox:/my/new/** > partition > or > tar jcf - /my/mounted/partition| > ssh root@remotebox 'cd /my/new/partition;tar jxf -' > YMMV... > ET > > joe@actionline.com writes: > >> After reading and watching several youtube tutorials about clonezilla, >> remastersys, relinux, monodorescue, maketecheasier, live-magic, >> linux-live, revisor, instalinux, and several more, I am thoroughly >> confused. The best tutorial I've seen so far was this one: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=490n_VoldUg-- however, it shows how to do >> a complete system backup and restore and does not explain how to clone a >> single partition from one system and install that partition on a different >> system in a dual-boot arrangement. >> I have Kubuntu Linux installed on an IBM Thinkpad and I would like to >> install that Linux partition on my Lenovo Q150 net-top on which I have >> shrunk the windows-7 partition to half of the 250-gig HD and created >> 100-gig of free space on the rest of that HD so as to have both available >> in a dual-boot arrangement. Do I need to install Kubuntu on the Lenovo >> first? Or what is the best procedure to achieve the desired dual-boot? >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen